The Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT has contracted Ecofys to support the organisation in intensifying its stakeholder consultation process with regards to the intended offshore grid in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Ecofys will support TenneT in the stakeholder consultation with respect to all technical, legal and planning aspects of the realisation of the offshore electrical infrastruct...

A new scientific paper offers a comprehensive, country-based, bottom-up assessment of the land-based global biofuel (bioethanol and biodiesel) potential. Written by Ecofys as a resource data for Shell’s future energy scenarios, the study takes into account a range of scenarios with varying yield gradients, land-use change and technology development. Going beyond many previous analyses, it contains...

A new Climate Action Tracker policy brief has analysed the first “intended nationally determined contribution” (INDC) that was submitted by Switzerland to the UNFCCC last week.
In its INDC submitted to the UNFCCC on 27 February 2015, Switzerland announced it would aim to achieve a 50% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 2030 compared to 1990, with at least 30% to be achieved domestically ...